ORID MODEL

This model provides a progression of question types designed to move students from mere reflection on the concrete experience to more analytical and subjective reasoning. It mirrors the Kolb Learning Cycle addressed in the "What is Service Learning?" section of this manual and may be used to create journal or discussion questions and to guide assignments and activity types. The progression may be completed within one assignment and/or over the whole semester.Objective:Begin with questions related to the concrete experience. What did students do, observe, read, and hear? Who was involved, what was said? What happened as a result of their work?Reflective:Next, introduce questions that address the affective experience. How did the experience feel? What did it remind them of? How did their apprehension change or their confidence grow? Did they feel successful, effective, and knowledgeable?Interpretive:Then ask questions that explore their cognitive experience. What did the experience make them think? How did it change their thinking about ... ? What did they learn? What worked?Decisional:Finally, students are prepared to incorporate their experience into a new paradigm. They may have a shift in knowledge, awareness, or understanding that affects how they see things and, ultimately, how they will act. What will they do differently next time? What decisions or opinions have they formed? How will the experience affect their career path, their personal life choices or their use of new information, skills or technology?Examples of Reflective Questions:

What (will you be/have you been doing)? Who have you been serving?

So what (will you be/have you been learning)? Why is your service work needed?

Now what (should others do about it)? What are you going to do about it?